3.0.0 1268 2022-02-08T23:21:42Z 2022-02-08T23:21:42Z Senate S 2019-05-01 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-01T17:12:10Z PACT Act 116 2498 HR 2019-05-02 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 116 1865 HR 2019-12-20 Became Public Law No: 116-94. Related bill CRS 2019-05-01 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-05-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2019-05-01 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-05-01 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2019-05-01 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-09-23 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-11-12 False Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2019-12-18 False Health Blood and blood diseases Cell biology and embryology Hospital care Immunology and vaccination Medicare Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Health 00 2019-05-01 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-21T13:50:30Z Patient Access to Cellular Transplant Act or the PACT Act

This bill specifies that payment under Medicare to a hospital for the acquisition costs of an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (e.g., bone marrow transplant from a donor) must be made on a reasonable cost basis (similar to the current payment methodology for solid organ acquisitions). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must determine included items through regulations.

]]> PACT Act Display Title PACT Act Short Title(s) as Introduced PACT Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Patient Access to Cellular Transplant Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that hospitals receive adequate payment for the acquisition of hematopoietic stem cells under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1268is/xml/BILLS-116s1268is.xml 2019-05-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.